Government, said to have placed deadlines on some foreign firms to comply with country's security requirements, has to tread carefully, notes analyst. RIM, Skype and Google say no official word received to date.

RIM has successfully addressed the major faults with the original BlackBerry Storm, which centred on its depressing screen (in both senses of the word). We like the Storm2 a lot, which should appeal to committed BlackBerry users who want to try a touch-screen.